ABU DHABI, Jan 17 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah signed Tuesday with Secretary General of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Bundit Limschoon a Declaration of Intent which will enable Kuwait to host the permanent headquarters of the ACD's Secretariat.
According to a statement by the Foreign Ministry, the hosting of the headquarters proved the leading role taken by Kuwait towards the promotion of the common Asian action.
This signing also stemmed from the belief of the Member States of the Forum in the importance of Kuwait's active efforts that supported the Asian Cooperation Forum, especially through the Gulf country's interim hosting of the Secretariat since the first Summit of the Forum between on October 15-17, 2012.
The signing of the Declaration of Intent also came to implement two resolutions issued by the Second Summit of the Forum, which convened in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 9-10, 2016.
It also came to fulfill resolutions which came out of the 11th ministerial meeting of the ACD which was held in the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan Dushanbe on March 29, 2013. (end) smr.tg